"The damned thing works!" - Telegram to one of his backers on September 7, 1927, the day Farnsworth transmitted the image of a horizontal line to a receiver in the adjacent room of his San Francisco lab.
Check out FARNoVision or the Farnsworth Family Archives as great resources for studying Philo T. Farnsworth. You can't get any more authentic than Farnovision.
Some of the Farnsworth gang discovered our our Mass Comm blogs and suggested we check out the Farnsworth family sites.
I personally enjoyed the Farnovision feature called "What Would Philo Be Watching?"
I feel my television choices are reaffirmed as I TiVo five of the shows mentioned as Philo-worthy. Two of the shows make strong commentary on the state of television in this country- Studio 60 & 30 Rock.Here's a trivia question for members of the class (or anyone out there reading). Identify the animated television character named after Philo Farnsworth?
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Thanks for the plug for Farnovision. I'll let Kent chime in on behalf of the PTF archives.
I also want to admit that I think it's a tad presumptuous of me to think I know what Philo would be watching these days, even if the list corresponds with some of your own choices. Those are really what OUR TiVo records. Philo, I imagine, would rather be in his study, working up calculations to save the world.
--PS
LOL!
But it's fun to use the "WHAT IF?" machine.
Professor Hubert Farnsworth.
Bonus points, right here. :)
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